Carrier profile · USDOT 2490690 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Natural Upcycling LLC

DBA EXCELSIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LLC

35 power unitsavg 7.6 yrRegional · 7 statesPIFFARD, NY87/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 24.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 66 vehicle and 93 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

35.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 4.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

92 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 8

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 35-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
93
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 12 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 131 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 8 total · 1 in 24 mo

8
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231010
20221001
20212022
20202022
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 12, 2025NY00Yes
May 24, 2023NJ01No
Aug 22, 2022NY00Yes
Sep 13, 2021MD01Yes
Aug 31, 2021NY01Yes
Oct 10, 2020NY01Yes
Sep 21, 2020NY01Yes
Nov 19, 2019NY00Yes